Twine-cutter.



M. L. DUNBAR. TWINE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED IULY 9. 1917.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

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TWINE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters l'atent.

Patented Nov. 19; 1918.

Application filed July 9, 1917. Serial N 0. 179,515.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAHLON L. DUNBAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Twine-Cutters, of which the following is a specification- This invention is an improved twine cutter for use on a counter, shelf or the like in a store or ware-house for cutting the twine used in wrapping bundles, the object of the invention being to provide an improved twine cutter of this class in which the cutting blade is so guarded as to render it impossible to cut the fingers thereon; in which the blade may be readily removed and replaced, and to also provide a cutter which may be arranged in a variety of positions. on or under or at one side of a counter, shelf or the like.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a twine cutter constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same at right-angles to Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, showing the base in plan.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are diagrammatic elevations, showing the cutter arranged in different positions on a counter and shelf.

a In the embodiment of my invention I provide a holder 1 which comprises a base 2, a standard arm 3 and a head 4. Y The base is here shown as lozenge shape but may be of any other suitable form and is provided with openings for the reception of screws wherewith to secure the device on or under a counter, shelf 01' the like. The standard arm is curved. The head 4 is provided with a slit 5 for the reception of a blade 6. The slit is open at the outer side of the head and the head is provided on its inner side, and at opposite sides of the arm with slots 7 which are open on the innor side of the head and across which the blade extends, the blade the ends of the slots and the head hence serving as a. guard to prevent the possibility of the finger of the user coming in contact being spaced from with and beingcut by the edge of the blade. Hence the twine cutter is entirely Safe. The blade is here shown as segmental in form and is secured between the sides of the head by a set screw 8. By first removing the set screw the blade can be removed and replaced vby another.

In practice I provide a number of blades for use consecutively in connection with the holder so that when one blade becomes dull it can be discarded and another used instead. he provision of the widened head at the outer end of the arm and the arrangement of the slots 7 therein the blade provides two cutting portions, one above and the other below the arm, either of which can be used at will.

wing to the construction and form of the holder my improved twine cutter can be arranged in a variety of positions on or under a counter, shelf or the like. In Fig. 4 I Show the holder arranged and secured on the upper, side of a counter a. In Fig. 5 I show the holder arranged on the edge of a counter b and extending clownwardly. In Fig. 6 I show the holder arranged horizontally on the edge of a counter 0 and extending in one direction in full lines and in the opposite direction in dotted lines. In Fig. 7 I Show the twine cutter secured to the under a counter e.

WVhile I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts, without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A twine cutter comprising a base plate, a curved arm extending from said base plate and terminating in a widened head lying entirely beyond the edges of the base, and a blade disposed within a bifurcation in said head with its cutting edge disposed toward said base, the portions of said head side of a shelf (Z above adjacent both edges of the arm being cut.

2. A twine cutter comprising a base plate,

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ttin edge, either edge 0 guide twine toward dge being inclined 10 away to expose Said on of said arm serving t said blade, said cutting e in respect to said base.

In testimony whereof I affix my MAHLON L. DUNBAR.

signature.

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